How far can European leaders draw on the lessons of the Cold War to negotiate current geopolitical challenges, given the deepening rift with the United States? Christian Methfessel argues they can do so by considering how the postcolonial states of the ‘Third World’ sought to position themselves in relation to Cold War superpower rivalries.

Craig Muldrew discusses his new book which reframes capitalism’s origins as social and moral, rooted in local credit and trust, and offers new insights into capitalism’s role today.

Drawing on the experiences of her father, Harry Drabble, a survivor of childhood bovine tuberculosis, Helen Parker-Drabble argues that the long-term psychological and developmental impact of prolonged hospitalisation in childhood is a neglected aspect of today’s policy discussions.

The tragic shootings at Bondi Beach and Brown University have put questions of gun control back in the spotlight. These debates are almost as old as guns themselves and they point to the extent to which cultural attitudes to firearms are deeply embedded.

Registration is still open for Professor David Feldman’s lecture ‘Mourning, memory and politics: memorialization of the Holocaust in Britain from the 1940s to the present day’.

Hilary Cooper publishes article to mark the 50th anniversary of the 1975 Sex Discrimination Act becoming law.